Re: [flasher] RE: Is there a way to check the online status from an e xe without the error dialog?

[Gregg Caines]

A while ago, I wrote a small windows app that checks if the user is

connected to the internet or not and writes a flash-readable text file that

either says 'connected=true' or 'connected=false' depending on the

result.  You can run the app from a Flash projector with FS Command,

so it requires no user interaction.


The problem is that connection detection itself is problematic, because

of the different methods of connecting to the internet that are possible

(DUN on win 95/98/ME and RAS on NT/2000, plus LAN, Proxy, or

modem connections, all of which are compounded by computers that

can use more than one method).  So... my app works fine on the few

computers that I've tested, but it's largely untested, and I've never used

it in a final product.


If you want to try it anyway, it's called checkcon.zip and it's at:

www.neometrixsystems.com/exp/


I'd appreciate any feedback if you do happen to try it...


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> I want to check the online status (the user is connected to the internet

at

> the time that he is using the exe) WITHOUT the risk that he is prompted

with

> that annoying dialog box so that the projector can do one thing when he is

> online and another when he isn't.

>

> I know that there are more Flashers that had the same problem and I would

be

> very glad with a solution.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Andries van der Leij